X-chromosome complement and estrogen receptor signaling independently contribute to the enhanced TLR7-mediated IFN-α production of plasmacytoid dendritic cells from women

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 193, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5444-5452

  Laffont, Sophie ^a,b,c   Rouquié, Nelly ^a,b,c   Azar, Pascal ^a,b,c   Seillet, Cyril ^a,b,c,f   Plumas, Joël ^a,d,e   Aspord, Caroline ^a,d,e   Guéry, Jean Charles ^a,b,c,g  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c France   (France)

^d ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^e UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^f WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^g CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CD123 ANTIGEN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FLT3 LIGAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 7; MESSENGER RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD34 SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMACYTOID DENDRITIC CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITIC CELL; GENETICS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCID MOUSE; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITIC CELLS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, X-LINKED; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MICE; MICE, SCID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84912553318     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1303400     Document Type: Article

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